BLACK GIRLS FILM LAB
WITH LAURIE TOWNSHEND & GUESTS
AUG 14 - 16, 2024
CLARK CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO
10 - 5PM
JOIN LAURIE TOWNSHEND FOR A 3-DAY FILM LAB!
LEARN HOW TO CREATE IMPACTFUL STORIES & hone your filmmaking skills!
This immersive 3-day filmmakers' intensive is designed specifically for women-identified, Afro- centric youth who are passionate about storytelling through film. The curriculum focuses on engaging the storyteller in the process of story-making, encouraging participants to deeply connect with their narratives and their unique perspectives. Through a series of self and community-building creative modules, emerging filmmakers will hone their voices, define their purpose while shaping their practices. This intensive aims provide participants with the tools and confidence to create impactful work and empower emerging creatives to claim their rightful place within Canada’s film industry.
NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!
During this 3 full day intensive at the Clark Centre for the Arts and the surrounding Bluffs, Laurie will guide the group in a hands on experience where you will gain :
A clearer understanding of your unique voice, purpose, and practice as a filmmaker
A personal definition of success that includes who you are personally and professionally
Practical skills in various aspects of film production
Knowledge of industry dynamics and pathways to success
Enhanced confidence to create and collaborate effectively within the film industry
A supportive network of peers and mentors within the Black and African Diasporic film community in Canada
The Inspiration
Black Girls Film Camp Banner held at East End Arts
Black Girls Film Lab is inspired by the Black Girls Film Camp, our popular summer offering for Black women and girls that has been running for over 9 years. The camp takes place over the course of a week where the participants will get to collaborate in an outdoor setting with crafts, storytelling, and icebreakers that help to develop the camp dynamic that will be the roots of their network as the next generation of filmmakers!
Throughout the week, camp leaders will facilitate a curriculum of all the essentials of filmmaking from storytelling, writing, camera basics, sound, and directing, and editing.
To end the camp, each participant walks away with experimental short films made either individually and/or in teams which they can build their portfolio on and submit to festivals! Best of all, the films will also be debuted at our Black Girls Film Camp Screening!
This year we are offering the black girls film lab, to create a short intensive & accessible experience for your black women & youth who like to dive deep into filmmaking and end their summer with a bang!
2022 Black Girls Film Camp run by Black Women Film Canada
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
The ideal participants are young and emerging Black-identifying women filmmakers and artists! No experience is required, ideally between the ages of 14 - 25
This is your chance to learn everything about filmmaking in a safe and inspiring space full of other Black Women Creatives!
FILL THE FORM HERE
QUESTIONS ?: Email : blackwomenfilmcanada@gmail.com
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Instagram : @BWFCanada
Twitter : @BWFCanada Hashtag: #BlackWomenFilm!